Underworld Water-Serpent Goddess
Dayak · deity · primordial / creation · deity
The watersnake/lower-world counterpart of Mahatala. No native script (oral/Latin).
Domains
- underworld and primeval waters
- fertility of earth and water
Powers
- dwells in the primeval waters as the great watersnake
- shares in creating the world and the first humans
- rules the underworld and primeval waters as the great water-serpent (Tambon)
Epithets
Relations
Sources
- Schärer, Hans (1963/1946). Ngaju Religion. Trans. R. Needham. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
- Encyclopedia.com, 'Ngaju Dayak' (Encyclopedia of World Cultures), consulted 2026.
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